Comments on: Trouble in paradise https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/21/trouble-in-paradise/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/21/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-7708 TB Sat, 22 Oct 2011 16:55:54 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4736#comment-7708 <p>My kids used to like the Disney "Robin Hood" movie.</p> In that version, Robin Hood was taking taxes from the government and returning them to the citizens. I'm amazed at how often I was lectured for thinking people like this were "after my stuff." Every time they <em>open their mouths </em>it's about getting somebody else's stuff. My kids used to like the Disney “Robin Hood” movie.

In that version, Robin Hood was taking taxes from the government and returning them to the citizens.

I’m amazed at how often I was lectured for thinking people like this were “after my stuff.” Every time they open their mouths it’s about getting somebody else’s stuff.

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/21/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-7704 RobVG Sat, 22 Oct 2011 15:51:00 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4736#comment-7704 <p>New "Robin Hood Tax"</p> <a href="http://www.theprovince.com/business/Occupiers+push+Robin+Hood/5572416/story.html" rel="nofollow">Here</a> New “Robin Hood Tax”

Here

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/10/21/trouble-in-paradise/#comment-7692 TB Sat, 22 Oct 2011 02:57:05 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=4736#comment-7692 <p>Wealth redistribution, cont.</p> <a href="http://bostonherald.com/news/regional/view.bg?articleid=1374637&format=text" rel="nofollow">Always remember</a> that as you're trying to haul down that guy on the upper rung of the ladder, there are always people on the rungs below you. Wealth redistribution, cont.

Always remember that as you’re trying to haul down that guy on the upper rung of the ladder, there are always people on the rungs below you.

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